He will be cremated with full military honours including a 21-gun salute in his village, Pogarwadi.
'Much as I have been enjoying the anti-GST jokes on WhatsApp and also worrying about the economy in a tailspin in more serious moments, there is a tiny part of me that is thankful to Modi and Jaitley,' notes Keya Sarkar.
A Rediff.com journalist reveals what it's like to live in a building sealed by the authorities because one of the residents is COVID-19 positive.
Pond's, Parle-G, Cadbury, Asian Paints and Amul have captured the changing face of India through the seven decades
I write this from Mumbai, on a day that news anchors are calling "waterlogged" and "rain drenched". A completely wasted day for the city that never sleeps, in fact. No trains, no buses, no way to leave our homes, no staff, no home delivery, no greengrocer and milkman at the door, poor TV reception, no Internet connectivity -- nothing.
Two Kannada films will release this festive season.
'Most important were the breathing exercises -- whatever way you like.' 'Pranayam or just deep breathing...' 'Breathing is very, very, very, very, very, very important.'
Around six lakh people have been housed in over 2000 relief camps in the two states.
The child rights activist won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. He shared the prize with Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai.
The interface allows you to add multiple banks and transfer money, even between payment wallets, for a fraction of existing costs
'Slowly, but surely, India will move towards a low-cash economy.'
'Amul has never replaced premium ingredients with cheap ones.'
If you can name it, someone collects it. Here's a gallery of collectors and their (unusual) obsessions.
Celebrating the Thalaiva's birthday.
Can a foetus hear the tinkle of bangles? Will drinking milk help produce more milk?
The creation of the Amul brand and its famous mascot gave a rural revolution a durable competitive edge.
'This colliding of worlds is a feature of chawl life in Mumbai, where the clashes in one household often become prime-time television for the neighbours; where the boundaries of good sex, lechery, and incest are frequently blurred,' says Sreehari Nair.
Vaihayasi Pande Daniel -- who covers the Sheena Bora murder trial for Rediff.com -- reports on a day in a Ranchi court.
Rediff readers share their Cash Crisis experiences.
Kapil Sharma, the anchor of Comedy Nights with Kapil, is the hottest property on Indian television today